Body found July 6 was man last seen Jan. 2

By Mark D. Wilson :
August 1, 2014
: Updated: August 2, 2014 11:37am

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The body of a man found almost a month ago in Medina County has been identified as Enrique “Henry” Dominguez, 68, who went missing from Bexar County in January.

A passer-by called 911 on July 6 to report that he had spotted the body in a drainage ditch along Park Road 37, south of Texas 16, said Sheriff Randy Brown.

The man was identified as Dominguez through an autopsy and other investigative techniques, Brown said.

The Medina County Sheriff's Office is investigating the case as a murder. Brown declined to say how Dominguez was killed.

A retired businessman from California, Dominguez had lived in the 1800 block of Buffalo Wolf in West Bexar County. His family reported him missing Jan. 18, saying he and his 2001 Mercedes E-35 were last seen Jan. 2.

At the time, Dominguez's nephew Mike Mata said Dominguez always told someone where he was going, and that after the family spent weeks talking to anyone who may have known his whereabouts but came up with nothing, they called police.

The family said Dominguez had gone out with a friend described as a drinking buddy to have a few beers to celebrate New Year's Eve. That man was the last person to have had any known contact with Dominguez.

His car was recovered about a month later in the 1000 block of Jackson-Keller Road.

Mata said some of Dominguez's property had also been recovered near a property he owned on the East Side.

One of Dominguez's friends also received text messages from Dominguez's phone through Jan. 14, claiming Dominguez was in Florida for an operation.